Re: Upgrade a ROM01 machine to ROM03?

["Phil Abel" <phil_nospam_abel@prodigy.nospam.net>]

As cheap as they are nowadays, just keep both a ROM01 and ROM03 CPU in the
closet...

Or just take a ROM03 base and put the lid from a Woz GS on it and then you
have a ROM01 case upgraded to a ROM03 MB with about 5 seconds of work
invested! :)

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20030217012004.04078.00000570@mb-fj.aol.com">news:20030217012004.04078.00000570@mb-fj.aol.com...
> Bryan Villados wrote:
>
> >Yup! Logic board swap. However, from what I've gathered, ROM01 has better
> >compatibility with IIGS-specific software than the ROM03. I can't name
> >particular packages, but this is what I've always heard. That's why I've
> >stuck with ROM01 machines up to now.
>
> I've hear this often enough that I felt I should respond...
>
> What you mean by IIgs-specific software is software that does not "play by
> the rules" of the IIgs architecture.  The "French" software comes
immediately
> to mind.
>
> Because these folks disdained the toolbox and just felt free to use
whatever
> hacks they could find that seemed to work on the systems they had, and
> because they had ROM 01 systems, their code does not work properly with
> the newer ROM 3 version of the hardware/firmware.
>
> This is a deficiency of their code, not of the ROM 3.  In every meaningful
> sense (except the ability to run code that breaks the rules) the ROM 3 is
> a significant improvement on the ROM 01.
>
> If you don't plan to spend a lot of time running "French" software on your
> IIgs, then a ROM 3 is definitely the machine you want.
>
> -michael
>
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